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An Edmonton father is hoping a recent dog attack suffered by his nine-year-old son will serve as a cautionary tale for dog owners in the city.

And at the city level, while petitions calling for change grow in signatures, a working circle has been revived to decide what to do at Edmontons Grandin/Government Centre LRT Station. Not only does the location share the Grandin name, it also features a mural – commissioned in 1989 by Francophonie Jeunesse l’Alberta and painted by Edmonton artist Sylvie Nadeau – depicting the bishop and a nun removing an Indigenous child from their family. Although it was updated in 2011 in an attempt t...

  EDMONTON -- The City of Fort Saskatchewan has been using a herd of sheep as natural lawn mowers for nearly 30 years as an eco-friendly way to care for the city’s pastures. On Wednesday, the Sheep Grazing Program resumed as usual, but there was a new pair of shepherds at the helm.  Since 1993, Kathy and Ralph Playdon have tended to the herd. But, after a full life of shepherding, they decided to retire last season and pass the torch to another family. Natasja Steinbusch and her daught...

A pedestrian was killed in a fatal crash Wednesday evening.

The province is set to enter Stage 2 of its latest reopening plan a week from today. Restrictions on outdoor gatherings, indoor recreation, and personal and wellness services are among many slated to be relaxed next Thursday. The province is also nearing 65 per cent of eligible Albertans having received at least a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, currently at 64 per cent at the end of Tuesday.  Stage 3 of the reopening plan, which relaxes almost all public health restrictions, is slated to b...

  EDMONTON -- Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson wants the city to rename Grandin LRT station and cover the mural inside it as soon as possible. The LRT station is named after Vital Grandin, a Roman Catholic Bishop from St. Albert who helped design Canadas residential school system. "The widely circulated quotes from Grandin about what the objects of the school were, which very clearly were to dispossess Indigenous families of their children and dispossess those children of their language, of their...

  EDMONTON -- Allowed, again, to welcome visitors under Stage 2 of Albertas reopening plan, TELUS World of Science Edmonton is reopening for the summer. “We are thrilled to safely welcome guests back into the science centre this summer,” said Alan Nursall, CEO and president, in a press release. Staring Canada Day, the attraction will be open Wednesday through Sunday. TWOSE, which will also be celebrating its 37th anniversary this year, is unveiling “Expedition: Dinosaur,” a new ex...

  EDMONTON -- Eighteen rural Albertans have been moved to new care facilities while theirs is short workers. Alberta Health Services confirmed on Wednesday the move of the group of patients from the Galahad Care Centre was "due to COVID-19-related staff shortages." AHS said the site hadnt been closed, but that it was taking the action to "ensure residents have safe and uninterrupted care." The continuing care home in Galahad is two hours southeast of Edmonton. Its not the first time medi...

  EDMONTON -- Edmontons fleet of zero-emission public transit buses is set to grow by 20 due to a planned $14.4 million investment from the Canada Infrastructure Bank.  The deal was announced Thursday morning and is part of Ottawas goal of getting 5,000 more zero-emission buses on the road in the next five years.  "This investment in zero-emission public transit and greener buildings helps ensure Edmonton is making tangible gains in its goal to become a competitive, low-carbon city of th...

  EDMONTON -- The Ponoka Stampede is postponing this years event – temporarily, for now – citing uncertainty navigating provincial COVID-19 restrictions.  "With the uncertainty surrounding the current pandemic related restrictions the Ponoka Stampede has made the difficult decision to postpone the 2021 Ponoka Stampede," the organization announced Wednesday evening. "The Ponoka Stampede Board of Directors will be working with our key Stakeholders to establish possible later 2021 dates...